diff --git a/config/initializers/1_settings.rb b/config/initializers/1_settings.rb
index bf187e9a282..0b8a6607250 100644
--- a/config/initializers/1_settings.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/1_settings.rb
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ Gitlab.ee do
   Settings['smartcard'] ||= Settingslogic.new({})
   Settings.smartcard['enabled'] = false if Settings.smartcard['enabled'].nil?
   Settings.smartcard['client_certificate_required_port'] = 3444 if Settings.smartcard['client_certificate_required_port'].nil?
+  Settings.smartcard['required_for_git_access'] = false if Settings.smartcard['required_for_git_access'].nil?
 end
 
 Settings['omniauth'] ||= Settingslogic.new({})
diff --git a/config/initializers/console_message.rb b/config/initializers/console_message.rb
index 05eb395028d..04c109aa844 100644
--- a/config/initializers/console_message.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/console_message.rb
@@ -2,9 +2,18 @@
 if defined?(Rails::Console)
   # note that this will not print out when using `spring`
   justify = 15
-  puts "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+
+  puts '-' * 80
   puts " GitLab:".ljust(justify) + "#{Gitlab::VERSION} (#{Gitlab.revision})"
   puts " GitLab Shell:".ljust(justify) + "#{Gitlab::VersionInfo.parse(Gitlab::Shell.new.version)}"
   puts " #{Gitlab::Database.human_adapter_name}:".ljust(justify) + Gitlab::Database.version
-  puts "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+
+  Gitlab.ee do
+    if Gitlab::Geo.enabled?
+      puts " Geo enabled:".ljust(justify) + 'yes'
+      puts " Geo server:".ljust(justify) + EE::GeoHelper.current_node_human_status
+    end
+  end
+
+  puts '-' * 80
 end
diff --git a/config/initializers/health_check.rb b/config/initializers/health_check.rb
index 959daa93f78..9f466dc39de 100644
--- a/config/initializers/health_check.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/health_check.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 HealthCheck.setup do |config|
   config.standard_checks = %w(database migrations cache)
   config.full_checks = %w(database migrations cache)
+
+  Gitlab.ee do
+    config.add_custom_check('geo') do
+      Gitlab::Geo::HealthCheck.new.perform_checks
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
index 7b69cf11288..f9ef5d66bfa 100644
--- a/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
@@ -85,6 +85,19 @@ Sidekiq.configure_server do |config|
   ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(db_config)
   Rails.logger.debug("Connection Pool size for Sidekiq Server is now: #{ActiveRecord::Base.connection.pool.instance_variable_get('@size')}")
 
+  Gitlab.ee do
+    Gitlab::Mirror.configure_cron_job!
+
+    Gitlab::Geo.configure_cron_jobs!
+
+    if Gitlab::Geo.geo_database_configured?
+      Rails.configuration.geo_database['pool'] = Sidekiq.options[:concurrency]
+      Geo::TrackingBase.establish_connection(Rails.configuration.geo_database)
+
+      Rails.logger.debug("Connection Pool size for Sidekiq Server is now: #{Geo::TrackingBase.connection_pool.size} (Geo tracking database)")
+    end
+  end
+
   # Avoid autoload issue such as 'Mail::Parsers::AddressStruct'
   # https://github.com/mikel/mail/issues/912#issuecomment-214850355
   Mail.eager_autoload!